The Impact of Massachusetts Health Insurance Reform on Labor Mobility
Abstract This paper examines the impact of the Massachusetts Health Insurance reform of 2006 on job mobility and employment exit using administrative data from the Social Security Administration. The...
View ArticleRising Inequality in Life Expectancy by Socioeconomic Status
Abstract Inequality in life expectancy is growing in the United States, but evidence is mixed regarding how much it has grown. Some studies have found that life expectancy has decreased for those with...
View ArticleDistributional Effects of Alternative Strategies for Financing Long-Term...
Abstract We use two historical data sources – the Health and Retirement Study and the Medicare Current Beneficiary Study – to consider the patterns in older Americans’ severe disability and their use...
View ArticleWill Fewer Children Boost Demand for Formal Caregiving?
Abstract Today, 25 percent of all caregivers of elderly are adult children. However, while the parents of the Baby Boom generation had three children per household on average, the Boomers themselves...
View ArticleIs the Drop in Fertility Due to the Great Recession or a Permanent Change?
Abstract In the United States, the current birth rate has declined since the Great Recession. The question is whether this decline is a temporary response to the economic downturn or a drift to the...
View ArticleThe Effect of Medicare Part D on Evergreening, Generic Entry, and Drug Prices
Abstract Medicare Part D was established to expand outpatient prescription drug coverage to all seniors. An obvious effect of Part D was to improve the well-being of those who gained coverage by...
View ArticleDo States Adjust Medicaid Enrollment in Response to Capitation Rates?...
Abstract To curb rising Medicaid costs at the federal level, a number of recent policy proposals suggest capitation financing, under which program costs are fixed per beneficiary. This study examines...
View ArticleWill Women Catch Up to Their Fertility Expectations?
Abstract In 2019, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) dipped to 1.71 children per woman, an all-time low and far below the replacement rate of 2.10 children. Current levels of low fertility have important...
View ArticleThe Influence of Early-Life Economic Shocks on Aging Outcomes: Evidence from...
Abstract We show that earnings over the life cycle and health and productivity around retirement age vary with exposure to economic conditions in early life. Using state-year-level variation from the...
View ArticleThe Alignment Between Self-Reported and Administrative Measures of...
Abstract This paper examines the alignment between self-reported and administrative records of applications to and receipt of federal disability benefits. It uses data from the Health and Retirement...
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